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What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

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Transportation

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China

Electrification and a new generation of users are reshaping a century-old industry once built for retirees.

Smart RVs are having a moment, and Squirrel Power wants to set the rules

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Africa

The USD 4 billion deal for Allied Gold follows a recent meeting between Carney and Xi.

China's Zijin to buy Canadian owner of gold mines in three African countries

China&#8217;s Zijin to buy Canadian owner of gold mines in three African countries

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

Pinduoduo

Shein, a fast fashion online retailer, updates its catalog frequently, offering trendy apparel and accessories to global style-conscious shoppers.

Shein

Temu, an emerging e-commerce marketplace, offers curated deals and value-focused shopping experiences for a global consumer base.

Temu

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

Ankara moves to shield its local industry, following EU and US steps against Chinese online retailers.

Temu, Shein suspend sales as Turkey scraps online duty-free trade

KrASIA tracks China’s tech and business stories, alongside key developments across the broader Asia Pacific region.

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How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

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TreasuryXpress provides online software to different organizations, helping them to manage their treasury and cash operations.

Lebanon-based global treasury management SaaS TreasuryXpress gets acquired by Bottomline

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CATL manufactures batteries that power electric vehicles, energy storage, and renewable energy infrastructures globally.

How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

China's global champion in the field doubles down on growth. The world's largest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, China's CATL, says it will rev up production even higher, spending up to RMB 29 billion (USD 4.49 billion) to build or upgrade domestic factories to meet growing demand.

EV-battery giant CATL to boost capacity with USD 4.5 billion investment

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Ant Group's valuation is estimated to fall by more than half after the business overhaul. Ant Group and Chinese financial regulators have reached an agreement on the firm's restructuring plan that will put the fintech giant's businesses, including food delivery, blockchain, and mobile payments, into a financial holding company, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.

Ant Group restructures into a financial holding company, explores IPO revival

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge tech.

What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

The case represents "the first misuse of corporate power for personal purposes," according to an internal note by Huawei.

Huawei CEO apologizes for using corporate power to register trademarks for daughter

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Song Jingli

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Myanmar

Southeast Asia

While many fear a setback, some investors also see opportunity. As Myanmar’s military detained the country’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, together with other senior officials, on Monday, seizing control of the government, the internet suddenly went dark for many.

Myanmar turmoil threatens digital economy, say experts

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KrASIA Writers

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

Singapore

The Indonesian insurtech firm will increase its agent network in Vietnam and Thailand. Jakarta-headquartered insurtech startup PasarPolis announced today that it has secured USD 5 million equity funding from World Bank Group's member International Finance Corporation (IFC).

PasarPolis secures USD 5 million from World Bank's IFC, plans regional expansion

PasarPolis secures USD 5 million from World Bank&#8217;s IFC, plans regional expansion

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Ursula Florene

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

Health Tech

Guangzhou-based Vision Medicals focuses on gene technology innovation and infection precision medicine.

Tencent leads USD 31 million Series C round into gene technology firm Vision Medicals

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

Spotify has been sharpening its focus on India over the past couple of years, given the growing appetite of millions of Indians for music streaming services.

Spotify witnesses robust growth in Q4 2020 driven by Indian users

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

Chinese consumers spent USD 78 billion shopping for CNY

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

Taobao, Alibaba’s consumer-to-consumer marketplace, connects Chinese shoppers with diverse products, from fashion and electronics to everyday essentials.

Taobao

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

Online sales of prepared meals are up 380% year-on-year. With many Chinese citizens not returning to their hometowns this Chinese New Year, e-commerce sites have become even hotter shopping destinations to purchase gifts and essential items for the New Year's Eve dinner.

KEY STAT | Chinese turn to e-commerce for CNY holiday shopping

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